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Why?

Feb 12, 2004 9:26PM PST

Do I have 2 outlooks (email)

well actually everything seems to be messed up..example..

my outlook is like this


OUTLOO~1 and the other one Outloo~1

I run windows 98


Thank you

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Because.
Feb 12, 2004 9:40PM PST

When Microsoft decided they needed to implement long file names, the method needed to support DOS and Windows 3.1 applications.

The result created a number of issues that plague users today such as the UPPER and lower case handling, the name-mangling method of the ~1 ~2 and so on and an highly inconsistant display of changing the upper/lower case of the file/directory names as you use a COMMAND PROMPT or even Explorer.

Explorer can be set to "properly capitalize" filenames, but a DOS window may show it otherwise.

You, in the end get to sort it all out.

Bob

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What?
Feb 12, 2004 9:44PM PST

Some explanation might be appropiate.

This seems like the short DOS file/folder names you only see in the DOS dir-command. It's unlikely two subfolders in the same folder (say: PROGRA~1 or PROGRAM FILES) have the same short DOS name (nor the same long Windows name, for that matter).

So it might be you mean something else. But it's not clear to me what you mean.
It might very well be short names for Outlook and Outlook Express as files or folders in different folders. But there are so few occasions one sees the short name, that it's still a rather mysterious question.

The only thing to do, based on the information you give is: run a scandisk to correct any errors on your hard disk.

Kees

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Re:Why?
Feb 15, 2004 5:53AM PST

Are you certain one is not the main directory and one is a .bak or backup directory?